Todd Haynes
October 2023
The writer and director ofSafe, Carol,andMay Decemberdescribes the influence thatBrief EncounterandBeau travailhave had on his work, praises classic Douglas Sirk movies as “the most perfect films ever made,” and gives a shout-out to the late Terence Davies and his friend Kelly Reichardt.
16 picks
Picks (16)
Brief Encounter
David Lean
1945 • United Kingdom • 1h 26m
My Own Private Idaho
Gus Van Sant
1991 • United States • 1h 44m
Unavailable
All That Heaven Allows
Douglas Sirk
1955 • United States • 1h 29m
Unavailable
Written on the Wind
Douglas Sirk
1956 • United States • 1h 39m
The BRD Trilogy
Box Set
Masculin féminin
Jean-Luc Godard
1966 • France • 1h 45m
Sunday Bloody Sunday
John Schlesinger
1971 • United Kingdom • 1h 50m
Unavailable
The Night of the Hunter
Charles Laughton
1955 • United States • 1h 33m
Unavailable
The Long Day Closes
Terence Davies
1992 • United Kingdom • 1h 25m
Beau travail
Claire Denis
1999 • France • 1h 33m
All About Eve
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
1950 • United States • 2h 19m
Unavailable
Now, Voyager
Irving Rapper
1942 • United States • 1h 57m
Unavailable
Old Joy
Kelly Reichardt
2006 • United States • 1h 14m
The Servant
Joseph Losey
1963 • United Kingdom • 1h 56m
Unavailable
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Russ Meyer
1970 • United States • 1h 49m
Unavailable
In a Lonely Place
Nicholas Ray
1950 • United States • 1h 33m
Unavailable